Netflix’s award-winning series House of Cards has just unveiled a poster for the upcoming third season of the drama series. Season three will arrive on February 27, 2015 at 12:01am PT, with all 13 episodes available at that time for those into binge-watching.
The official poster for House of Card‘s third season features the show’s stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright exiting Air Force One.
The Season Three Plot:
Created by Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated showrunner Beau Willimon, the critically acclaimed drama starring Golden Globe winners Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, returns to Washington with the stakes now higher than ever. President Underwood fights to secure his legacy. Claire wants more than being First Lady. The biggest threat they face is contending with each other.
Vanity Fair’s showcasing the British invasion of Hollywood in three short videos from Jason Bell, a London photographer and frequent contributor to the magazine. The videos – “Preparing for War,” “Coming to America,” and “Victory is Assured” – feature famous Brits who’ve conquered American films, including Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Eddie Redmayne, and Clive Owen.
Benedict Cumberbatch falls into a pond, Eddie Redmayne rides a bike, Jeremy Irons delivers Bruce Willis’ famous Die Hard line, Tom Hiddleston and Felicity Jones transform into Bonnie and Clyde, Sam Claflin and Sophie Turner consider the need for a bigger boat, and Keira Knightley slips into Meg Ryan’s shoes to revisit the iconic orgasm diner scene from When Harry Met Sally in the Vanity Fair video series.
Benedict Cumberbatch with Bloodhounds in Ep1 “Preparing for War” – Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Clive Owen, Jack Huston, James Corden, Jeremy Irons, Natalie Dormer, Terence Stamp, James Corden, Jude Law, Jack Huston, James McAvoy, Sally Hawkins, Clive Owen, and Michael Caine.
Eddie Redmayne Frolics on a Bike in Ep2 “Coming to America” – Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ruth Wilson, Dominic West, James Corden, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Orlando Bloom, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Keira Knightley Gets Hot and Heavy in Ep3 “Victory is Assured” – Keira Knightley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Natalie Dormer, Tom Hiddleston, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Sienna Miller, Dominic West, Matthew Goode, Jack Huston, Ruth Wilson, Michelle Dockery, Damian Lewis, Felicity Jones, Sam Claflin, Sophie Turner, Lily James, Richard Madden, Luke Evans, Carmen Ejogo, Annabelle Wallis, Dev Patel, Imogen Poots, David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and James Corden.
2014’s Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress Academy Award winners will be presenting Oscars during the 2015 ceremony. Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, and Lupita Nyong’o are confirmed to take the Oscar stage during the February 22nd event hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and airing live on ABC beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT.
“The great tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning best actors and actresses in all four categories happily continues this year with the amazing quartet of Cate, Jared, Matthew, and Lupita. We’re thrilled to have them back,” said producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.
Both Leto and McConaughey won Oscars for their performances in the dramatic film Dallas Buyer’s Club based on a true story. Blanchett’s 2014 Oscar was in recognition of her performance in Blue Jasmine, and Nyong’o earned her first nomination and first Oscar for 12 Years a Slave.
Singer Neil Young and host Jimmy Fallon sing “Old Man” (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein / NBC)
Jimmy Fallon does a spot-on Neil Young impression, but until the February 3, 2015 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon he’d never actually had the real Neil Young join him for a duet. Finally, Neil Young and the fake Neil Young sat down on identical stools and performed the real Neil Young’s classic hit, “Old Man.” And after listening to the two Youngs perform together, we can only hope the February 2015 duet won’t be the last time Young pulls up a stool and joins Fallon on stage.
The Today Show has been busy promoting Fifty Shades of Grey‘s upcoming release, showing off new clips from the R-rated (for “unusual behavior”) film including a clip of Christian and Ana discussing the status of their relationship. Ana wants to know why she’s there and Christian tells her it’s because he’s incapable of leaving her alone, but that he doesn’t do romance.
In the other clip Christian (Jamie Dornan) turns the tables on Ana (Dakota Johnson) when she tries to get him to open up during their first interview.
Fifty Shades of Grey opens in theaters on February 13, 2015.
Fox just announced the addition of Milo Ventimiglia to the cast of season one’s Gotham. According to the network, Ventimiglia will play Jason Lennon (the Ogre). In the casting announcement, Fox pointed out that this ‘Ogre’ is not the ‘Ogre’ from the DC Comics.
Ventimiglia’s character will appear this season and will have a significant role in a “multiple-episode recurring arc.” Gotham airs on Mondays at 8pm, and we can expect to see the Ogre first appearing in episode 19.
Here’s how Fox describes Jason Lennon aka the Ogre: “Handsome, wealthy and seductive, the Ogre is a serial killer who has been preying on the young women of Gotham for nearly a decade, luring them into his web and confronting them with a series of ‘tests’ as he searches for his perfect mate. When the women fail to live up to his impossible standard, Lennon disposes of them quickly and viciously. His obsessions, combined with Gordon’s determination to bring him down, send both Gordon and Lennon — and those around them — on a course toward tragedy.”
Kennedi Clements in a scene from ‘Poltergeist’ (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)
The original 1982 Poltergeist still stands the test of time, with effects that look reasonably good even by today’s standards. That film, directed by horror meister Tobe Hooper from a script by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor, made millions of moviegoers think twice about leaving their televisions on a fuzzy station and led to the decline in sales of clown dolls. The new version will apparently pay homage to classic scenes from the original, or so it appears in the first batch of photos released from 20th Century Fox’s 2015 Poltergeist.
The photos which debuted in USA Today feature a nightmare-inducing clown doll as well as a young girl touching a TV screen.
2015’s Poltergeist will open in theaters on July 24, 2015 and the first trailer will arrive online on February 5th. The cast includes Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, Nicholas Braun, Saxon Sharbino, and Kennedi Clements. Gil Kenan (Monster House, City of Ember) directed from a script by David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz the Great and Powerful), with Sam Raimi producing.
Commenting on the remake in an interview with USA Today, director Kenan said, “The thing that keeps them a family is what they have to draw on, to stay sane, and also to win Madison back. The film is super-scary. And it’s scary on its own terms. I am excited to finally be able to share that with the world.”
The creepy clown from 2015’s ‘Poltergeist’ (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)
The Plot:
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and hold the youngest daughter captive, the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever.
Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Kennedi Clements in a scene from ‘Poltergeist’ (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)Kennedi Clements in a scene from ‘Poltergeist’ (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)Rosemarie DeWitt in a scene from ‘Poltergeist’ (Photo: Twentieth Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.)
Michael Gambon stars in ‘The Casual Vacancy’ (Photo: BBC / Bronte Film and Television Ltd)
HBO’s confirmed the premiere dates for the miniseries based on J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy and the network’s released a trailer for the three-part series. The Casual Vacancy will premiere on April 29, 2015, with parts one and two airing back-to-back beginning at 8pm ET/PT. Part three will debut the following night at 8pm.
The miniseries is a joint production of HBO and BBC, directed by Jonny Campbell from Sarah Phelps’ adaptation. Commenting on Phelps’ adaptation of her novel, Rowling said, “Sarah Phelps is a writer at the top of her game. Having met Sarah, and discussed the television adaptation of The Casual Vacancy, I was happy and confident to hand over the job of crafting my novel for the small screen. Sarah has done a great job and I am delighted with how it has turned out.”
“For me, Krystal Weedon (Abigail Lawrie) is Tess of the d’Urbervilles,” said Phelps. “What J.K. Rowling is doing is telling one of those big 19th-century stories where we see someone battling their social, political, and economic environment. Krystal is an absolute, contemporary Tess.”
The cast includes Michael Gambon, Julia McKenzie, Keeley Hawes, Rufus Jones, Rory Kinnear, Emily Bevan, Simon McBurney, Monica Dolan, Emilia Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Silas Carson, Richard Glover, Marie Critchley, Keeley Forsyth, Hetty Baynes Russell, and newcomer Abigail Lawrie.
The Plot:
The Casual Vacancy centers on Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty façade, however, is a town at war: rich vs. poor, teenagers vs. parents, wives vs. husbands, teachers vs. pupils.
Tobias Menzies (Black Jack Randall / Frank Randall) introduces the new teaser for the second half of season one of Starz’ Outlander. Starz is attempting to help Outlander fans make it through ‘Droughtlander’ with the release of new footage from the upcoming season one episodes every 4th of the month leading up to the show’s return on April 4th.
The new footage features a brief look back at the first half of the season as well as new clips of scenes from the second half, including shots of Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) together both in and out of the bedroom, Jenny and Ian, Jamie with Black Jack Randall, and scenes of Claire with Geillis.
Series creator Ronald D. Moore says part two of season one is about fall-out and repercussions. “We start to see the political aspect of the Jacobites and the Red Coats and the split between the brothers,” says Moore. “The final episode of the season will go in directions a lot of audiences are not expecting.”
Channing Tatum treated Magic Mike fans to the first look at the sequel, Magic Mike XXL, heading to theaters this July when he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to show off the official trailer. The sequel reunites Tatum with his Magic Mike co-stars Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, and Adam Rodriguez and, as the trailer shows, fans of the first film will once again get the opportunity to see those handsome hunks – and more – showing a lot of skin.
Joining the Magic Mike crew for the sequel are tWitch, Elizabeth Banks, Amber Heard, Donald Glover, Andie MacDowell, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Michael Strahan.
The Magic Mike XXL Plot:
Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, Magic Mike XXL finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them. On the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways.
